Production AI Security Engineer — Forward Deployed

Accenture; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Security seeks a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer in the United States to embed with client security teams, delivering production-grade AI security and governance. You will own outcomes such as reduced attack surface and secure AI deployments, working alongside client engineers in a fast-paced 90-day delivery pod.

You will apply agentic coding tools as the primary build environment, developing AI-powered detection, threat response tooling, and governance automation, with a focus

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience in production environments with cybersecurity depth in AppSec, SecOps/detection, cloud security, IAM, offensive security or GRC.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI security architecture and threat modeling for production agentic deployments across complex multi-stakeholder client environments—LLM systems, multi-agent pipelines, RAG architectures, and MLOps infrastructure—owning the full security design from assessment through hardened deployment
• Deliver hands-on security engineering using agentic coding tools as the primary build environment: build AI-powered detection systems, automated threat response tooling, security assessment frameworks, and governance automation using Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot in daily delivery practice
• Own AI-specific threat surface management at programme scale: OWASP LLM Top 10 controls, prompt injection hardening, model extraction prevention, adversarial input defences, and AI supply chain security across concurrent client workstreams
• Architect and govern AI security controls across the enterprise stack: identity and access for AI systems, data pipeline security, model serving security, and multi-system integration risk across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Lead AI governance framework implementation: EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and model risk management applied to live production systems, not theoretical compliance exercises
• Shape AI reinvention security strategy for client CISO and CTO: build risk-adjusted investment cases, security architecture roadmaps, and AI governance operating models aligned to commercial outcomes
• Define and publish reusable security patterns, playbooks, and accelerators that scale across multiple client engagements and grow the Secure AI practice
• Lead architecture design sessions, threat modeling workshops, and code-with sessions with client engineering and security leadership teams

Skills

Agentic coding

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Security delivery ownership

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Accenture Security seeks a Cybersecurity Forward Deployed Engineer in the United States to embed with client security teams, delivering production-grade AI security and governance. You will own outcomes such as reduced attack surface and secure AI deployments, working alongside client engineers in a fast-paced 90-day delivery pod.

You will apply agentic coding tools as the primary build environment, developing AI-powered detection, threat response tooling, and governance automation, with a focus